Stylops

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stylops \Sty"lops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a pillar + ?, ?, the
     eye.] (Zool.)
     A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state,
     on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group
     Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now
     generally referred to the Coleoptera. See {Strepsiptera}.


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